1966 , he was drafted into the united states army . on his 1980 resume , he said he served as a public @ - @ information specialist who " wrote and edited the battalion newsletter and wrote news releases . " in a 1987 profile on churchill , the denver post reported that he was drafted , went to para ##tro ##oper school , then volunteered for vietnam , where he served a 10 @ - @ month tour as long range reconnaissance patrol ( l ##rr ##p ) , one of a six @ - @ man team sent out to track down the enemy . the post article also reported that churchill was politically radical ##ized as a result of his experiences in vietnam .
1966, he was drafted into the united states army. on his 1980 resume, he said he served as a public @ - @ information specialist who " wrote and edited the battalion newsletter and wrote news releases. " in a 1987 profile on churchill, the denver post reported that he was drafted, went to paratrooper school, then volunteered for vietnam, where he served a 10 @ - @ month tour as long range reconnaissance patrol ( lrrp ), one of a six @ - @ man team sent out to track down the enemy. the post article also reported that churchill was politically radicalized as a result of his experiences in vietnam.